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ice pack

[′īs ‚pak]
(oceanography)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Ice packs, seemingly harmless and easy to transport, provided the perfect cover, according to sources.
Wrap it in moist gauze and store it in a plastic bag which can then be put on an ice pack.
For the analysis of the effect of wrapping bags in ice packs on the rate of warming, we investigated significant differences in the mean temperatures between fluid bags wrapped in ice packs and non-wrapped fluid bags with the Student's independent samples t-test at different time points.
So the improved measurements--made during the first extensive use of robotic submarines in the Antarctic--could help explain why the ice pack has expanded since 1979 despite rising water and air temperatures (SN Online: 11/5/12).
One of these factors is counter stimulation in which ice pack application is used (Holisticonline.com, 2007).
Until now, commercial fishing beyond the 200-mile exclusive economic zones of the five Arctic coastal states (Russia, Norway, Denmark, Canada and the U.S.), has been restricted due to the year round ice pack. In 2007 the ice pack fell to its lowest level on record-40% of the ocean became open water.
Prime Products, maker of the Ice Pack Sack, is capitalizing on that recognition, but with a design flair that sets it apart from other hot/cold therapy products on the market.
The Stafford comic made her pull a muscle and she spent the rest of the show clutching an ice pack.
Raise the affected part of the body and apply an ice pack.
Motor and sensory nerve conduction are affected differently by ice pack, ice massage, and cold water immersion.
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